A review by erimore
Graceling by Kristin Cashore

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I read this book a long time ago and decided to pick it up again in honor of the new book. It was as fun as a I remember, but also longer than I remembered. There are about 3 different plots in the whole book and the end is slightly anti-climatic. It is a journey book, most of the setting takes place around long spouts of travel. More than anything this is character driven. I found the moral struggles that Katsa went through good and thought provoking. A fun book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Blood, and Grief